Detroit Lions cornerback Bill Bentley catching a ball during an interception drill at practice in Allen Park on June 13, 2013.

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The Detroit Lions have added so many players to their secondary that it's been easy to forget second-year cornerback Bill Bentley was a promising starter last year.

Bentley, a third-round pick from Louisiana-Lafayette, showed that promise again during minicamp last month. Fast, athletic and instinctive, Bentley looked like his old self in practice as he returns from a shoulder injury that required surgery and landed him on injured reserve after Week 4 in 2012.

"You know, even when we had him last year early in camp, he was a playmaker," coach Jim Schwartz said. "You know, he got his hands on ...